How? We have company coming. Gordon’s cousin is arriving to help out with the release and merch store. Frantic cleaning has occurred. We had added website log to all the designs in the merch store because there was a string of comments wanting it and now we decided against it. It doesn’t fit into the
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The Pink House
Today I bring you… the Pink House! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,778 square feet of pure pink awesomeness. Its colors are blush and bashful. And coral, fuchsia, salmon, rosy, and Pepto-Bismol. The owner really made this into something special. I mean, it’s pitch perfect. For more amazing photos, go to the listing. This took so
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Monday Before the Storm
The release storm that is. At the end of the post there are the two new ads for those of you who are worried about missing out. We are finalizing the merch store, and I am hoping it will be ready in time for the release next week. We are doing both Sanctuary and Sweep
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Maggie and Tor Questions
Look at the size of this question list. When is the release date for the first book? Tentative release is first quarter of 2026. Why so long? For a number of marketing and editorial reasons. Everyone wants this book to be the best it can be. Editing will take a little longer because this is
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Maggie the Undying: Acquisition Press Release
This was not the way this was supposed to go. ::looks at Reddit:: However, hiding anything from BDH is impossible Tor Books is thrilled to announce a legendary new acquisition from #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews: an original epic fantasy romance saga that blends elements of heroic fantasy, romantasy, portal isekai, and D&D
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OMG
We have a breaking news announcement. After 8 years and 3 different vets, we have found out that Tuna is a male cat. Tuna was an apartment cat. He came to us from Kid 1’s friend who adopted him, asked us to watch him, and then did not pick him up. He has received the
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Folding Time
Why would anyone want to fold time? In the narrative, there are times when interesting things don’t happen, and the story skips forward. There are a few ways to accomplish this while still keeping the reader interested, but the most common way is the scene break. What happened here? Well, the character went to bed and woke
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Promo and Religion in SF/Fantasy
Tuesday our internet went out because Hurricane Beryl nuked Spectrum’s tower in Houston. That’s on the heels of our AC unit busting a leak in the evaporator coil. We have more than one AC unit, but yeah, half of the house is pretty warm. Gordon kept promising to sleep on the couch due to the
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Hurricanes, Awards, and Color Transitions
Happy Monday! This is going to be just me rambling post. It’s too early for coherency and I am on my first cup of tea. Please wish a swift recovery to Mod R who is feeling a little under the weather and had to wait to get antibiotics over the weekend. We are unsupervised for
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Lollypops, Part 2
First things first: We promised you the links to the place where you can order signed print copies of Sanctuary: the Blue Willow independent bookstore in Houston. Here is the preorder for Sanctuary and here is the zoom link for the release week Q&A event on Saturday August 3rd which will be hosted by Blue
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Netgalley Sanctuary ARCs, Sequels, and Sabotage
If you have an account on Netgalley, we are running a Wish campaign for Sanctuary. Anyone with an account can enter, and we will be giving away 100 ebooks to random winners. You wish for the book, and that wish might be granted. Here is a link to the Netgalley wish campaign. Signed Print Copies
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Luisa Preissler’s Print sale
We have some wonderful news from Luisa Preissler. We know many of you have been waiting for the prints and her print shop is now open. Those links again are: That Kate in blood armor, though.